and investigate we spoke with another passengers who was on the plane, as well and we're including his eyewitness account in our 11:00 p.m. report we are putting together right now. live from the sat center henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> scary for those passengers. thanks very much, henry. pilot is killed after his plane crash necessary to sussex county, new jersey this morning. the amateur built aircraft crashed at end of the trica airport runway. no pass eveningers were on board at the time. airport says that their runway s are popular with ultra light aircraft, so far the identity of the pilot has not been released and faa is currently investigating. also about 12 hours earlier, a small plane was with three people on board crashed and caught fire in pits town, new jersey. pilot and his two passengers were conscious and transported to nearby hospitals. the plane was headed from blairs town airport to sky man or airport when it crashed about 10:30 on saturday. the federal aviation administration is investigating the cause of this crash, as well. developing tonight, a septa maintenance employee is carjacked in philadelphia at fourth and spring garden, septa officials say suspect was armed, and took off in the car, early this morning. the car was then used in an armed robbery in new jersey. police eventually persued the suspect, before the driver crashed the car at eighth and mercy street. the suspect was then immediately arrested. and a balloon floating in to a power line caused an electrical explosion last night in margate. >> oh, my god. >> the blast and subsequent fire occurred near washington and nasi avenue around 18:00 p.m. 2,000 people were without power for at leann hour, or so but luckily there were no injuries to report. and this is not something that you see every day, a pickup truck carrying water melons lost its load earlier today at sixth and race street s in center city philadelphia water melon smashed all over sixth street, this was about 12:30 this afternoon, only one lane was getting by for a short time on sixth street and traffic was jammed in that area. the melon did his provide a bit of the snack for a passing horse, there, you can see right there with the carriage there fire department did assist in the clean up of those water melons. while today was a gorge days to enjoy being outside, cool, dry break will be coming to an end apparently for us but when that is the question? lets get the question from meteorologist chelsea ingram. >> hey there natasha, hello everyone. things are quiet. we have been mixing with some cloud this afternoon and authentic those cloud will thicken up overnight. out ahead of our next storm system just located out to the west, of this moisture, it will be pouring in as we head in the overnight hours tonight , and then especially for your monday, so, a flash flood watch has been issued, for philadelphia, surrounding counties in, to south jersey, into delaware, also eastern shore of maryland. some locations could end up picking up about one to 2 inches of rainfall because of these drenching downpours. we could see isolated higher amounts, upward of 4 inches. so that is why flooding will be a concern as we head into your monday. we will track, time everything for you in your full forecast, coming up, but for now, we're sending it back to you. >> chelsea, thanks very much. a woman was killed by a hit and run driver earlier this morning and police are looking for the person responsible. it happened, near 13th and race streets, the pedestrian was pronounced dead at hahnemann university hospital, and, at about 3:45 a.m. police are searching for a newer model white jeep wrangler rubicon, the vehicle may have right front end damage. if you have any information, please cat police right away. police have made an arrest in the quadruple shooting in ocean county. the shooting occurred just after 9:30 last night at the brooke road sports complex in lait lakewood. four people were at a party when they were shot. they were rushed to monmouth medical center. police say the injuries are not life threatening, no word on their conditions though. police have not yet released the identity of the person arrested. and now in washington, president trump is on day three of a vacation, along with many other politicians right now, but those investigating the possible russian interference in the 2016 presidential election continue to work around the clock, on that investigation. correspondent wendy gilette has more from new york. >> reporter: it is vacation time, for politicians in washington. congress is out until september. and on friday, president trump levittown for what the white house called a 17 day working vacation at his golf tours in new jersey where he was seen greeting wedding guests. the president disputes the vacation terminology, tweeting saturday, working in bedminster, new jersey as long planned construction is being done at the white house. this is not a vacation. meetings and calls. one person not taking time off , special counsel robert mueller, who convened a grand jury as investigates possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein appointed mueller and says investigation is not deviating from its specific purpose. >> the special counsel is subject to the rules and regulations of the department of justice and we don't engage in fishing expeditions. >> reporter: as investigation unfolds, counselor to the president kelly ann conway said mueller's job is not currently in jeopardy. >> the president has not even discussed that. the president is not discussing firing bob mueller. >> reporter: also sunday vice-president pence pushed back on a new york times story that he and other republicans are creating shadow campaigns, in case president trump doesn't run in 2020. the vice-president says that the article is difficulties grateful, offensive and false. conway also said sunday that pence is focusing on his re election as vice-president in 2020. wendy gilette for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, stay with us everyone, still ahead on "eyewitness news" new york's next governor could be a familiar face to many. rumor has it that cynthia nixon may be running for that office. what is inspiring the former sex and the city star to get politically active. plus... >> hometown team, i love the eagles, i love the team, always support them. >> and diehard eagles fans watched as the bird descended on lincoln financial field today, what they are saying about this upcoming season. plus a bit later a texas boy gets the opportunity of a lifetime, how he wowed crowd, during a powerful performance by idina test. would you vote for cynthia nixon for governor, the former sex and the city actress may have her sight set on that picks, she's been approached by liberal groups encourage and her to challenge andrew cuomo. so far nixon has not commented on the possibility of running for office. fans flocked to lincoln financial field again lincoln financial field. it's last one for fans before the preseason begins. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh caught up with a few die hard. >> reporter: more than 36,000 fan packed lincoln financial field for another day of eagles training camp and the theme? kids day. >> i love the eagles. >> reporter: the youngest fans came on to cheer the favorite players. 9-year-old dalton who plays youth football said he's learning by watching. >> i play better and like pass the ball more. >> reporter: this is the last open practice at the linc before the eagles take on the packers on thursday night. as the season quickly approaches the biggest advice fans have for the team >> defense is the number one thing they need to do to win more games this year, the offense never worried about. the defense is what needs to get better >> the common thread that ties them together, the color green. >> hometown team, i love the eagles, i love the team always support them. >> reporter: we're going all the way. all the way. >> reporter: at lincoln financial field. anita oh. cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> hoping for a good season. the second is street festival in northern liberties is in full swing at this hour, "eyewitness news" stopped by a little earlier. the event takes over six blocks on 2nd street from germantown all the way to spring garden. the event is free and features food truck, live entertainment, vendors, some of hand made items and nine beer gardens. and you can also still get there. it is open until 10:00 tonight. you got lots of time. the festival is in its 9th year and last year raised $20,000 toward the creation of a business improvement district in northern liberties. a sinkhole that already swallowed two homes and a boat in florida. it is growing larger once again, the sinkhole is in land lakes north of tampa. it opened up july 14th, it's 260 feed wide at its widest. crews say vibrations from trucks and equipment may be causing the hole to grow larger, they plan to push a barge to continue with the clean-up process. nothing but beautiful skies here. in the area. it's lovely on you >> really is. kind of felt like football weather a little bit out there. >> it did? there was a chill to the air, comfortable. and comfortable due points as well. let's take you to a live look outside, we've had sunshine mixing with clouds this afternoon, and this evening, the official high temperature today in philadelphia was 78 degrees, that's well below average. the average high is down to 86 for today. temperatures right now are checking in in the 70's across the delaware valley, 77 in philadelphia, upper 70s in millville, down shore, 78 in wildwood, 77 in atlantic city. cool spot is poconos mountains around 66. these numbers i'm telling you hard to come by during early august. simply feeling fantastic out there but that is going to counties, southern new jersey, delaware, eastern shore of maryland, this goes into effect at the noon hour tomorrow all the way through midnight, we could see heavy rain, that could potentially cause flooding. not going to be beautiful at the shore, showers and storms 77 degrees, but we will see improvement as we head to tuesday and wednesday. with increasing sunshine high temperatures in the upper 70's. mainly cloudy with areas of showers developing overnight. 67 heading into tomorrow, thunderstorms 76 for that high temperature we're going to be a little bit cooler simply because of the clouds and the rain. we're monitoring two areas of disturbed weather, one located just about 150 miles east of hon endure russ, 90% chance of. one located way out in the atlantic, has a 50% chance of development. keeping a close eye on that as well. as it could potentially become a intercontinental entity two. eyewitness weather seven-day forecast goes like this, 83 as we head to tuesday, we get the improving weather, plenty of sunshine wednesday, 85 thursday, little unsettled end of the week but grab the rain gear for tomorrow. i can hear the eagles chant. i'm in the spirit. eagles resume training camp at lincoln financial field. wide receiver alshon jeffrey returned to the field after missing last four days with a shoulder injury. he says hose not sure if he'll play in the preseason opener on thursday against the packers, one thing that the eagles coaching staff will be paying close attention is the don't back position. aaron grimes and douglas competing for the jobs. jim schwartz is looking for someone to step up and take the job >> all those guys are showing something. i don't know that anybody is consistent enough where we don't look at anybody else. and i said the same thing coming in the camp or maybe back in ota, it would be nice to have solid guys or solid starters in those positions, but worry still in the middle of competition. >> it is what it is. you got to do to get the start. >> quarterback jay cutler put his tv career on hold for now, signed a one year $10 million deal with the dolphin, he'll be united with headcoach adam gauge, cutler had his best season when gauge was his offensive quarterback with the bears. ryan tin hill is out with a knee injury and could miss the season, cutler retired in may and signed with fox as a game analyst >> it's august 6 and the phils looking for the first win, five-game losing streak heading into this afternoon's game, aaron nola on the hill. he has been money as of late, a 1.66 er. no score in the first, nola is to hernandez and to right. charlie buck man scores and they will take the lead. phillies will come right back in the second. maikel franco fly ball goes over the wall for his team high 17th homer. game is tied until the seventh, charlie black man at the dish and hits a fly ball into the gap left center, right now, topea will score and colorado will regain on the third double. nola went seven innings giving up two runs on six hits, walked two struck out seven. 9th, cameron rupp who was earlier thrown outline drive in left center field, franco and kim will score the phillies are able to snap a five-game losing streak, 3-2. check him out. nice catch. getting hit with a line drive. good for him. >> coming up tonight in the zone, we'll have more on eagles training camp first preseason game thursday, the inquirer beat writer jeff mclean will give us a viewer guide what exactly to watch for offensive and defense after the late news right here on cbs3. >> lesley thank you so much. still ahead on "eyewitness news" a little boy with big pipes, a texas boy cuts the chance of a lifetime to sing alongside one of his idols with one of his concerts he'll never forget. ♪ . ♪ . how the audience be reacted when luke checko blue the remove o welcome back, you're probably familiar with the popular song let it go from disney's movie frozen but you've also likely never heard it as you know like this. ♪ . ♪ . all right. then. she brought luke checko the only boy in the audience to the stage to sing the chorus of her hit during her sunday concert in grand prepare retext. the audience went nuts with every single 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